Introduction

China's President Xi Jinping is in Moscow for a second day today to discuss a peace plan for Ukraine with Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned this week, The world should not be fooled by any tactical move by Russia...to freeze the war on its own terms. There's a palpable and growing sense among American leaders and lawmakers that China poses a great threat to the United States. But does it? And what if America's posture toward China is putting us on a trajectory to crisis?